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Memorial Field Park

Memorial Field Park from directly overhead

Memorial Field Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tremley Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.61844, -74.23292
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Stone Mercedes 240D: 1.4 mi
  • 911 Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Lamonaco Perry Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Historic Stone Chimney: 4.4 mi
  • September 11 Memorial Monument: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Butterfly garden: 2.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.1 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 3.8 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Tamaques Garden: 5.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Todt Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Park Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 8.2 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 34
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 0.7 mi
  • The Park: 7.4 mi
  • Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Sky Top Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Hawk Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 16.8 mi
  • Maginot Mountain: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Seele: 9.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Tulip Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Memorial Field Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Watnong MountainNW 320°295.7 m21.0 mi
Union HillNW 318°277 m22.3 mi
Sheep HillNNW 337°276 m22.7 mi
Trowbridge MountainNW 314°274 m21.8 mi
Mine MountainWNW 290°251 m20.8 mi
Blueberry RidgeNW 306°243 m21.9 mi
Sugar LoafNW 305°229 m19.1 mi
Gillespie HillNW 308°217 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American sweetgum34 obs
  • common reed31 obs
  • cinnamon fern28 obs
  • common mugwort22 obs
  • tree-of-heaven20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly20 obs
  • Japanese knotweed20 obs
  • Virginia creeper18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357725583

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